999

   
Artist: 999

   Genre(s): 
Rock: Punk-Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Emergency

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 29


   
 Found Out Too Late [7 Inch]

   Year: 1979   
Tracks: 2

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One of the longest-lived groups of the punk geological era, 999 formed in London in December 1976. Led by vocalist/guitarist Nick Cash, a erstwhile educatee at the Canterbury College of Art under the tutorship of Ian Dury and a former member of the pothouse rock units Kilburn and the High Roads, the band likewise included guitarist Guy Days, bassist Jon Watson, and drummer Pablo LaBrittain. After dispensing with a series of names -- including 48 Hours, the Fanatics, and the Dials -- 999 quickly established themselves as a pop fastness on the London punk electric circuit, issue their incendiary debut single, "I'm Alive," on their possess LaBrittain Records in late 1977.


The single won the quartet a deal with United Artists, wHO issued both "Filthy Nasty" and "Emergency" in 1978; an eponymously titled LP debut, produced by Andy Arthurs, followed later in the year. For their soph exploit, 1978's Separates, 999 enlisted producer Martin Rushent, resulting in a more than polished, mainstream veneer for material like the near-hit "Homicide" and "High Energy Plan." After LaBrittain suffered injuries in a vehicular accident, drummer Ed Case was brought in to pick up the slack for a major U.S. tour preceding the handout of 1980's The Biggest Prize in Sport; issued a brusk time afterward, The Biggest Tour in Sport EP gathered


material recorded alive during the group's American dates.


A healthy LaBrittain rejoined 999 full-time for 1981's Concrete, an album buffered by covers of "Li'l Red Riding Hood" and "Fortune Teller" -- an indication that the group's wellspring of creativity was linear dry.


1983's 13th Floor Madness was universally panned for its disco-like grooves, although 1985's self-released Facial expression to Face was acclaimed as a musical return to form. At the end of the year, Watson exited the group's ranks and was replaced by bassist Danny Palmer in time to record 1987's Lust, Power, and Money, a live set burn in London.


Arnold Daniel Palmer left the band in 1991, replaced by former Lurkers member Arturo Bassick (aka Peter Arthur Billingsly), world Health Organization has remained with the band since. In 1993, 999 returned with their first base studio album in eight days, You Us It! Though the material didn't quite reach the heights of their


originally releases, it certainly proved that the band was noneffervescent vital and alive. Further hot performances throughout the rest of the decennary (at toughie festivals and mini-tours) cemented the fact that the stripe was here to stay.





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